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After the TCU Horned Frogs’ fourth 11-win season in the past six years — and after a few BCS schools unsuccessfully tried to lure him away in the past six weeks — coach Gary Patterson was rewarded with a new...

The Ysleta del Sur Pueblo--known as the Tiguas--soon will complete construction of their ceremonial kiva, a circular room dedicated to religious and spiritual rituals. Once common throughout the Southwest, this kiva is a hallowed ceremonial ground that will allow the...

Continental Airlines on Wednesday became the first U.S. commercial carrier to conduct a demonstration flight powered in part by alternative fuels, though large-scale use of such fuel is forecast to be several years away. The Houston-based company, the nation's fourth-largest...

The El Paso City Council voted unanimously yesterday to pass a resolution which called, in part, for opening a national discussion on the legalization of narcotics. El Paso's mayor vetoed it hours later, exercising only the third veto of his...

PBS chief Paula Kerger said it's inexcusable that people seeking coupons for the looming digital TV conversion are being put on a waiting list, and she called for immediate federal action. "I'm very disheartened to hear that with a month...

Boeing Co.'s ( BA , News ) airplane deliveries and orders fell in 2008 as a strike temporarily halted its commercial aircraft operations and airlines grounded planes and reduced flying to cope with high fuel prices and lower demand.

Exelon Corp. gave NRG Energy Inc. holders more time to tender their shares as part of a $6.49 billion takeover bid that would create the largest U.S. power producer. Almost 46 percent of NRG shares were tendered by the deadline...

Troubled cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones was released Wednesday by the Dallas Cowboys following a season in which he was suspended six games for an off-field fight. The transaction will not become official until Feb. 9, the first day NFL teams...